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Existing measures taken at your level:
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Has your local authority/ city/ region already taken (or begun contemplating) any specific measures to address challenges in the field of volunteering?
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Prize for civic involvement; strong associational life; volunteer exchange; services such as social careers guidance; training for volunteers; Land youth council and support for youth organisations; project competition; youth information centre (publication on volunteering opportunities); "Generations together" – cross-generational projects; training for volunteers; aufZAQ [training quality] certification
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Additional measures needed:
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Do you consider that there are other or additional lines of action that need to be taken with regard to volunteering, that have not been proposed by the Commission communication under consideration?
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Lobbying the relevant authorities for recognition instruments such as Europass and Youthpass
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H. Youth and the World
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Challenges faced by local and regional authorities:
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What challenges do local and regional authorities in your country face with regard to the international dimension of youth?
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Young people are mobile and want to discover the world and live, work and train in other countries (though this applies mostly to privileged young people from the educated classes)
Increased prejudice in Austria against young people whose native tongue is not German
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Responsibility regarding the actions contemplated:
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Please take a look at the specific actions contemplated by the European Commission within the "youth and the world" field of action (see section 4.2.3. of the communication). Taking into account the subsidiarity principle, what should be the role of the following tiers of authority in pursuing these actions?
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(a) Local and regional authorities:
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Communicating and forging links with the target group, specific actions, funding, evaluation
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(b) National authorities:
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Information, coordination, funding, evaluation in conjunction with regional authorities
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(c) The EU:
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Information, coordination, funding, evaluation in conjunction with the national authorities
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Existing measures taken at your level:
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Has your local authority/ city/ region already taken (or is currently contemplating) any specific action to promote the international dimension of youth?
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Support for voluntary work; Youth in Action; development cooperation; projects by [overseas development charity] Südwind and [charity shops] Weltläden – inter alia in cooperation with youth service; ecology institute; energy institute; information and projects provided by the Youth Information Centre (e.g. eco-weeks).
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Additional measures needed:
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Do you consider that there are other or additional lines of action that need to be taken with regard to the international dimension of youth, that have not been proposed by the Commission communication under consideration?
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Awareness-raising on fundamental rights and on the impact of our actions on other continents
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I. Youth work
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Challenges faced by local and regional authorities:
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What challenges do local and regional authorities in your country face with regard to youth work?
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Skills of youth workers are constantly improving
Youth work is still not sufficiently recognised and/or taken seriously as a career
Well-trained people want to do paid youth work
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Responsibility regarding the actions contemplated:
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Please take a look at the specific actions contemplated by the European Commission within "youth work" (see section 4.3. of the communication). Taking into account the subsidiarity principle, what should be the role of the following tiers of authority in pursuing these actions?
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(a) Local and regional authorities:
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Communicating and forging links with the target group, specific actions, funding, evaluation
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(b) National authorities:
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Information, coordination, funding, evaluation in conjunction with regional authorities
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(c) The EU:
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Information, coordination, funding, evaluation in conjunction with the national authorities
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Existing measures taken at your level:
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Has your local authority/ city/ region already taken (or is currently contemplating) any specific action to support, recognise the contribution of and professionalise youth work?
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Youth work being taught as a subject; koje – coordination office for public youth work and development; Land youth council; youth information centre; support for training in youth work activities; youth counselling
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Additional measures needed:
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Do you consider that there are other or additional lines of action that need to be taken with regard to youth work, that have not been proposed by the Commission communication under consideration?
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N/A
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J. Additional fields of action needed
1. What additional challenges do local and regional authorities in your country face regarding youth policies?
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Extremism, radicalism
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2.Should the communication have included additional field(s) of action to address the aforementioned additional challenges and, if so, what measures would you propose?
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Culture and intercultural dialogue, establish a relationship between the youth service and schools, etc.
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S ECTION II: Role of LRA within the Open Method of Coordination
In the communication "An EU Strategy for Youth", the European Commission has proposed a "new, stronger" Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as a means to implement this strategy. The OMC is an intergovernmental method defined as an instrument of the Lisbon Strategy. It provides a framework for cooperation between the Member States aiming to direct national policies towards certain common objectives (for example: establishment of common indicators, benchmarking, exchange of best practices, etc.). In the communication, the European Commission clearly refers to the involvement of local and regional authorities in the strategy's implementation.
Therefore, you are kindly invited to answer the two related questions below.
Do you think the OMC is an appropriate mechanism to implement the EU youth strategy? Please explain your answer.
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Bringing countries together to provide an overview and networking them is particularly sensible in the area of youth work. This should therefore be expanded further.
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Which OMC mechanisms could stimulate a more active involvement of local and regional authorities?
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Through the Youth in Action programme
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Could the Committee of the Regions contribute to safeguarding the interests of local and regional authorities by assuming a particular role within the OMC for the implementation of the EU youth strategy? What role should this be?
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N/A
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Is there a question that you feel should have been included into the present questionnaire?
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Europe should be brought closer to young people and prejudice against it broken down.
To achieve this, access to the various programmes (e.g. "Youth in Action") must be made less complicated.
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Do you wish to raise any issue which you consider interesting and has not been tackled in the present questionnaire?
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Distribution of resources across generations: work with parents, legal guardians/parenting education
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COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS – DIRECTORATE FOR CONSULTATIVE WORK
EDUC Commission and "Networks & Subsidiarity" Unit
QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE EU STRATEGY FOR YOUTH
Refers to the communication on An EU Strategy for Youth – Investing and Empowering
COM(2009) 200 final
Submitted to the EDUC Commission and the Subsidiarity Monitoring Network for consultation purposes
by Mr Anton Rombouts (NL/EPP)
EN
Please complete and submit by Friday 23 October 2009. You can upload the completed questionnaires directly onto the Subsidiarity Monitoring Network webpage (http://subsidiarity.cor.europa.eu – remember to log on). Alternatively, you can send them by email to subsidiarity@cor.europa.eu.
Name of the authority:
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Local Government Denmark
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Contact person:
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Annemette Frost
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Contact details (phone, email)
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asf@kl.dk
Tel: + 45 33 70 34 77
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The questionnaire is divided into two sections referring to: (1) the fields of action for youth in Europe proposed by the EC; and (2) the role of local and regional authorities within the Open Method of Coordination.
SECTION I: Fields of action
In the communication "An EU Strategy for Youth", the European Commission proposes a framework for the future of youth policies in Europe. In the interests of creating opportunities for youth, improving their access and participation in society as well as fostering solidarity, the communication clearly identifies eight main fields of action and puts forward different measures that can be taken at EU or MS level. These fields of action are: Education – Employment – Creativity and Entrepreneurship – Health and Sport – Participation – Social Inclusion – Volunteering – Youth and the World
This section of the questionnaire addresses the aforementioned eight fields of action as well as the overarching issue of youth work. You are kindly invited to answer only questions referring to the fields that are of relevance for your institution.
A. Education
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Challenges faced by local and regional authorities:
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What challenges do local and regional authorities in your country face with regard to the education of young people?
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At present there are three major challenges:
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Private companies are not providing an adequate number of traineeships for young people due to the crisis. This has forced a growing number of young people to abandon their vocational training. In the longer term, there is the risk that this will lead to a shortage of skilled labour.
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There is a large drop-out rate from vocational training which is due also to the pedagogical and economic conditions in vocational schools. Almost half of all young people who start vocational training do not complete it.
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Barriers across the administrative areas prevent a coherent youth education policy. These barriers are caused by legislation that is adopted centrally, local differences in culture regarding the various subject areas, as well as the local organisation of policies. Another obstacle to a coherent youth education policy is the fact that state vocational schools are managed on the basis of the economy's needs rather than young people's wishes and needs.
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Competence in this field:
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Within which level of governance/ government does responsibility for youth education lie in your country?
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Youth educational institutions are non-profit state institutions, which means that responsibility for ordinary youth education lies with the state. Danish municipalities nevertheless are responsible for two youth education programmes which cover the needs of young people who are not able to pursue ordinary education. These two programmes are entitled Basic vocational education and training (EGU) and Education and training for young people with special needs. (USB). EGU is a two to three year long vocational training with a major hands-on element. USB is a three-year, individually tailored vocational training for young people who are unable to pursue EGU or ordinary youth education because of a physical or mental disability.
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Responsibility regarding the actions contemplated:
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Please take a look at the specific actions contemplated by the European Commission within the youth education field of action (see section 4.2.1. of the communication). Taking into account the subsidiarity principle, what should be the role of the following tiers of authority in pursuing these actions?
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(a) Local and regional authorities:
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Should guarantee the quality of procedures, for instance by coordinating the procedures established in the education field with procedures in the employment field. Can take the lead locally on cooperation between municipalities and youth education institutions. Should take steps to have informal learning recognised.
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(b) National authorities:
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Provide sufficiently flexible conditions locally to facilitate coordination of youth-related procedures and cooperation. Finance informal learning efforts. National standards for the recognition of informal learning.
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(c) The EU:
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European standards for informal learning. Activities to promote mobility. Experimental funding.
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Existing measures taken at your level:
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Has your local authority/ city/ region already taken (or is currently contemplating) any specific measures to address challenges in the field of youth education?
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Most Danish municipalities, even if not all, nowadays pay special attention to young people. This is because they are facing growing youth unemployment, but also because there is broad recognition of the fact that education is the most direct and secure route into employment for young people.
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Additional measures needed:
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Do you consider that there are other or additional lines of action that need to be taken with regard to youth education, that have not been proposed by the Commission communication under consideration?
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Improve the incentives and possibilities for companies to provide traineeships.
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B. Employment
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Challenges faced by local and regional authorities:
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What challenges do local and regional authorities in your country face with regard to the employment of young people?
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Growing inequalities caused by the economic crisis. As a result, a significant proportion of young people have refused, for subject-related, personal or social reasons, to take an average job or pursue ordinary youth education.
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Competence in this field:
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Within which level of governance/ government does responsibility for youth employment lie in your country?
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Employment related action takes place in municipal job centres, within the nationally set legal parameters.
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Responsibility regarding the actions contemplated:
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Please take a look at the specific actions contemplated by the European Commission within the youth employment field of action (see section 4.2.1. of the communication). Taking into account the subsidiarity principle, what should be the role of the following tiers of authority in pursuing these actions?
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(a) Local and regional authorities:
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Provide a cross-cutting and coherent policy which combines education and employment policy. Procure full-time and part-time jobs for young people combined with educational advice so that part-time jobs might lead young people into education. Involve young people.
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(b) National authorities:
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Provide a flexible legal framework which makes it possible to launch initiatives locally that meet young people's needs. Encourage private companies to provide traineeships, for instance through incentives.
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(c) The EU:
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Facilitate cross-border exchanges of experience, including research-related experience and the gathering of statistics. Provide experimental funding both at national and trans-national level.
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